Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) appellate decisions are often complex and difficult to read tomes, filled with multiple United States Code sections and acronyms. On May 4, 2009, the United States Supreme Court...

If you practice real estate law, you need to become conversant with Green Building Law. Maybe your clients not have yet become exposed to green building provisions in contracts or green building governmental regulations or incentives, but they soon will be....

In his acceptance speech in Grant Park Tuesday night, President-elect Obama spoke of a “planet in peril.” As a candidate, he promised to combat global warming and to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil. Obama tied energy issues...

Michael B. Gerrard and Arnold & Porter LLP have created a chart that displays all the climate change litigation that has been brought in the U.S. courts, plus some of the administrative cases. The chart is organized by type of case. It contains hot links...

The impacts of global climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have landed in the courts. Litigation against businesses for damages from global warming continues to grow. Businesses of all sizes are now looking at how global climate change may affect...

In this Emerging Issues Commentary, Jessica Ferrell of the Marten Law Group examines efforts by environmental groups to require federal wildlife services to consider climate change impacts in listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Among...

A Vermont federal district court’s ruling in Green Mountain Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie that state-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emission requirements for new motor vehicles are not preempted by federal fuel efficiency standards is examined...

Enjoy the LexisNexis complimentary one hour webcast by Steve Jones entitled “Assessing Climate Change: Evaluating Global Warming Impacts under NEPA and State Environmental Review Statutes.” Steve Jones, a partner with the Marten Law Group,...

Environmental law encompasses the controls imposed to protect the natural and man-made environment as well as the health of living beings. Environmental law practice encompasses compliance counseling, transaction guidance and litigation involving those controls....

Interested in practicing in the Environmental Law field? Here’s what you have to look forward to…   Types of Firms Practicing Environmental Law   Small Law Perspective : Environmental law is a secondary market...

LexisNexis offers exclusive insight and analysis written by leading Environmental Law practitioners providing topical materials and explanations that have been repeatedly cited as authority.   Environmental Law Practice Guide , Michael B. Gerrard,...

Navigate the complex, technical requirements of all the diverse environmental statutes and regulations for your clients with LexisNexis® Total Practice Solutions.   • Regulations —Find access to the most recent federal and...

Connect with leading environmental/climate change practitioners as you track and discuss today’s hot topics, headlines, expert commentary and industry news. LexisNexis designed the Environmental Law & Climate Change Center to provide the busy litigator/transactional...